‘This is Trump’s America now!’: Man claiming to be Marine attacks and strangles TV reporter while demanding to know if he’s a US citizen, cops say

Left: Patrick Egan (Mesa County Sheriff

Left: Patrick Egan (Mesa County Sheriff’s Office). Right: President-elect Donald Trump arrives to speak at a meeting of the House GOP conference, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon).

A state judge in Colorado has refused to lower the bond amount for a Marine veteran charged with attacking a television reporter while demanding to know whether he was “even a U.S. citizen” and telling him, “This is Trump’s America now.”

Patrick Egan is charged with one count each of second-degree assault with intent to cause bodily injury by strangulation, felony committing a bias-motivated crime, and misdemeanor harassment by ethnic intimidation for assailing KKCO News reporter Ja’Ronn Alex, who is of Pacific Islander descent.

Thursday’s hearing

Judge Jennilynn Lawrence of the 21st Judicial District not only declined to lower the $20,000 bond for Egan on Thursday — she also told him she was actually inclined to raise the amount, citing to the egregiousness of his alleged crime, Courthouse News reported.

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